08 December 2006

Two days ahead marks your second birthday. Three days after that will be mama and abah’s 3rd anniversary. With you around, mama and abah feel blessed; you make us complete. You were borned thru c-sect, thus mama didn’t have the chance to feel any pain prior your arrival. Nevertheless, mama’s confinement period was challenged, you refused to breastfeed, you woke up more than 3x on average, you hardly sleep after awake, and the most tiring part, mama had to wake up in advance, doing the pumping jobs at least 3x a night. Thank God mama had abah with me, so together the both of us went thru the sleepless night without fail. Despite the tiring, we knew the experience is irreplaceable. We grow to become a knowledgeable parent, and yes we were quite a fast learner :)

Time past very fast, and now you’ve become a big boy to mama and abah. You had once attacked with pneumonia when you were about 8 m-o. You have eczema and still not completely recovered from it. But don’t worry, mama and abah will continuously find ways to overcome it. Nevertheless, you grow up well and that already makes us satisfied.

Now that you can speak, you never fail to amuse us with your funny phrases and words, your superhero actions, your body language and many more. And mama has noticed, you were so over-protected on your mama don’t you? You will scold abah when abah does something to mama; abah pinched mama and you pinch him back. Oh I just love you! Hope you can protect your adik, hope you will take care the both of us when we get older.

Mama has to stop now. Since our house still not wired, and your birthday falls on Sunday, let mama wish u an advance Happy 2nd Birthday to my beloved Muhammad Idlan Farhan. Both mama and abah will always pray for your happiness, good health, good life, and most importantly, you must grow as a knowledgeable person, lead your life with Islam as your basis in whatever things you do. Semoga menjadi anak yang soleh, berjaya di dunia dan akhirat kelak.

07 December 2006

Things are getting pretty frenzied, but im still coping. 24hr a day seems shorter than before, but im still grateful i get enough sleep every night. Most importantly, i sometimes do feel like a superwoman, running here and there, doing this and that, and still everything falls back to its place, intact (ade nada perasan sket hehehe).My normal days are tight with office work and assignments. Weekends are jam-packed with classes, survey things for our new house, making appointments with ppl, etc. Like last sunday, from morning till afternoon i was in class, rushing back home to perform solat and had lunch, then took the two men of the house out for a few appointments, went to kamdar to get curtains, and our last destination was tesco, for dinner. Despite the clock ticked 10 already, we noticed idlan are all energized, no sign of sleepy whatsoever. I know he was happy, happy for we brought him out to shopping complex, happy for he had time to spent with the both of us (.......and happy dpt mkn chicken rice, his ferevet :p). Back home, i was flat already, but satisfied. Satisfied for being able to accomplish so many things in a day. Sbb tu perasan superwoman hahaExam is nearer, assignments are 60% done, cuma buku je tak penah bukak baca lagi huhuhu. Idlan will turn two y-o in 3 days. Im glad he is healthy, his appetite shows great improvement, his feveret are no doubt mushroom soup with garlic bread and chicken rice, he doesnt like ice cream, he eats choc but not so often, he weighs more than 12kg i think, and the outstanding one, he can pronounce his name already!"ni Iyan punyer, ni topi Iyan, chair Iyan"...etc. Even tho ade pelat sket but still im proud of him.and the most funny part......he now says"mama...mama...jom JJ!" .......repeatedly.if i asked him, where are we going? definitely his answer is JJ! looks like he's a big fan of JJ (lucky our new house dekat ngan JJ baru tuh :p) He can even spot the JJ signboard from distance...nampak gaya mama n abah dah salah ajaran.Kesimpulannya, semua shopping complex jadi JJ, be it tesco ke ikea ke ape sajelah JJ je yg ade dlm kamus dia.Hobi dia, lari laju kiri kanan dlm shopping complex & turun naik escalator...mmg mencabar keimanan kami berdua.Still obsess with mr incredibles, he watches the movie 4-5x on average per day.On another story, finally we've placed confirmation for grill and kc. The wiring men are doing their works now, and soon few other person will start doing the concrete top. We targeted to move before end of jan, hope that will materialize and the 'busy'ness that i have now will ceased slowly.oh i just love my life......:)

24 November 2006

There's so much to write yet so little time i have.... It seems that the 24hour per day i used to have before is no longer the same 24hr i have now.

Well the second class has commenced last week, it's HRM and the doc has managed to make the whole class wide awake till the end. He kept on using bombastic words, jargons we never have heard before, and the likes. And now i'm all scared for the individual assignment given. Find any HRM topics of your interest, and do write up/review on it, must relate to some dependent variables in hrm. And after doing extensive surfing and whatsnot, i'm stuck, i'm scared, i dunno what topic i like, dunno what should i write. argh bencinyer bila stuck camni!

and now the terrible headache i got since last nite getting worst, im running out of stock for ponstan, and i feel like vomitting anytime soon. Yesterday evening i drove from seri kembangan to menara tm for our group discussion and it took me 1.15 minutes to arrive. Discussion ends at 910pm, and alhamdulillah i safely arrived at home walaupun kepala tgh pening yg amat...what a tiring day.

Idlan? hoho dia ok..makin garang skang, dah pandai cekak pinggang marah abah! He is so crazy into the incredibles, tapi mmg berbaloi we bought the cd for him. At least i can play the cd so that he wont distract me at kitchen, etc. He can watch it 5-6x per day sampaikan mama can already memorize some catchy phrases of the story..mmg interesting citer tu,dan comel! He now weighs 12kg, and the paed says its within the normal range for a 24-m-o kids. We just discover he loves mc d chicken's foldover, and this week mama prepared toast bread+scrambled egg/chicken sausage+salad+tomato+mayo for his breakfast pack. Dia suker! For his upcoming birthday, i've planned some small celebration amongst the family member, in fact i've drawed out the list of menu inside my head nyeh nyehh (tak share ngan abah pon :p)....kalo boleh cake besday pon nak buat sendiri (tadi pegi bakery yen beli piping bag, semangat giler!). Tapi tgkla camner, planning awal2 ni sometimes when it comes to the day itself, ade plak halangan dan cabarannyer...tgkla nanti.

15 November 2006

Im having a very good time this week around. Exam was over, the questions were much simpler than expected (B commented "ni lagi senang dr soklan degree ni "). After the exam i rushed back home, performed solat, had lunch and abah took us to a relative's open house. Met up by bro and sil, managed to catch up lots of things with my sedara of which we last met over a year ago, stuffed the already-full stomach with a nice laksa penang. Mmg puas hati! From there we went to JJ, simply to fulfill idlan's request. Jgn memain skang dia dah pandai ckp "mama abah jom jom...JJ!" The next day was more like a get-together kronis gathering at safurah and halim's house. Jumpe ramai kroni alhamdulillah...dan spt biasa acara mkn2 dan sesi bergossipan berjln dgn jayanyer :) This week there's another call for open house...dekat je ngan umah so i'll make sure to slip in to my already tight schedule.My second module will start on this saturday, so perjuangan baru bakal bermula yeay :P The not so good thing is that idlan's nursery will be organizing a birthday bash cum concert for all the kids, also on saturday. So definitely we wont be able to turn up for the event, so unfortunate for idlan isk isk..taun lepas pon takleh attend, so as this year...sian idlan! Nanti mama and abah compensate celebrate besday idlan best2 ok!Tomorrow me and lots of my colleagues will be having interview for the scholarship application, doakan kami berjaya ok. If not i'll end up scratching my head to find the money for my mba huhuhuLast night i stayed up till 230am baking cookies for my husband's officemate. She asked hubby if she could order 4 jars of cookies from me and since i still have balance for all the ingredients needed, i decided to proceed. Rezeki dtg jangan ditolak hehe :) A few ppl did ask me but to go for commercial i would say NO for time being. Kudrat dan masa tidak mengizinkan..tunggula esok2 bila dah free sket. Skang ni ade empat title, isteri, ibu, employee, student...hoho tu dah cukup byk tu! Sehari ade 24jam je beb, tolak waktu tido lagi tinggal brape jer heheok ok enough for now, dah 4 paragraph ni dah considered major deviant ni haha....happy working peeps!

10 November 2006

1] Yesterday evening as usual after we reached home idlan will request abah to take him out, riding the motor. The motor can sometimes become our saviour, and works best to persuade and comfort idlan whenever he dissastified with something. And mama, out of the blue suddenly felt like joining the both of them. Frankly speaking mama takut naik motor hehe...penah naik 2x je seumur hidup...but yesterday was different i guess. So then i rushed upstair picked up my trouser and there we go the three of us naik motor round keliling rumah (if u see a young lady wearing a brown kebaya on top and a maroon trouser, that was ME hehe!) We had a good time, i was indeed! Hilang perasaan takut sumer2 tuh. No wonder idlan enjoys every bits and seconds he had with abah all these days :) Ptg ni abah bawak kita naik motor lagi ok!2] The long awaited moment finally arrived and we gonna get our house key very near soon. That is the good part of it, the not-so-good part is that we have to pay the late interest payment (blame it to the bank/lawyer/developer) amouting nearly to 1k. Hampes sungguh! Its frustrating when you as the consumers are not able to identify the loopholes and the cause of the delay and ends up you have to pay for it. We did our best asking, investigating, seeking and digging whatever info we had on hands and cross-check those things with our lawyers, bank and developer but obviously everyone was trying to protect and act for their best interest and kita consumer ni la yg tanggung hampeh! Our last resort, is to prepare an appeal letter to reduce the amount of interest charged. 3] Ptg ni aku akan raya insya allah....dan esok ade exam OB...so kiranyer esok macam hari kemenangan buat aku :) Bye bye OB. Ptg esok kena celebrate ngan choc indulge nyeh nyehh4] We got two acara makan2 this sunday, one at safurah's house for Raudhah gathering, another is my ofismate house in semenyih. I'll bake vanilla muffin on saturday's nite, take some for the gathering and give some to my parents. arghh cant wait for the weekend!

07 November 2006

I think i have fall in love with OB. Its very interesting when you get to know and learn how certain behaviours impact the employee's performance as well as satisfaction they get from the jobs. It got more interesting when you actually studied your own behaviour, how u perform and react to the surroundings of your work environment. And another simple concept I'd like to emphasize here, deviant work behaviour (DWB). When the lecturer asked us, did any of you guys ever engaged in this kind of behaviour? None of us wants to admit that. But when the lecturer listed out sample of the behaviours that are considered deviant, haa barula kena kat muka memasing!- amik pen ofis bwk balik umah- guna kertas A4 ofis print for personal use- tumpang print assignment (guna paper and ink office nih!)- surf internet- guna email for personal use- chatting.....................now dah faham tak what it means by deviant work behaviour? im so sure nobody can ever refrain themselves from engaging in this type of activity...at least mesti penah buat punyer sekali seumur hidup time bekerja right!p/s: i took the text book pic so as to reminiscence in future that...ohh aku penah amik subject ni dulu hehe...Im gonna engage myself with the book for this whole week and then comfortably say tata to OB :)

06 November 2006

Yesterday's presentation marks the end of my class for this semester. The presentation was ok, though it was not one of my best :p I asked for a permission to go out early before the class ended, merely to attend Selin's jamuan mkn2 cum engagement ceremony. To Selin, tahniah dan slamat menjadi tunangan orang!Balik rumah, semua dah flat...terus tido depan tv. I took the opportunity to cover up my last night not-enuff-sleep due to the last minute touch up/adding up more points for assignment+prepare for my presentation.Lucky i didnt look like a zombie in the class :)Night came, we had a simple but very fun outing at uncle ronald. Click here for more pics.

03 November 2006

1] We just had our division jamuan Hari Raya and the line up is way much better than what we expect, ending everybody up with sleepiness when we get back to our desks. We had laksa johor, nasi beriyani with ayam and kambing, lontong, sate, nasi impit, otak-otak, lemang and super delicious rendang...not to forget fruits and cookies for dessert. Byk giler kan? I can also tapau some of the food for hubby and idlan nyeh nyehh...mmg berbaloi dgn duit yg dihulur :p2] To Selin, Selamat Bertunang! Sori we cant make it but insya Allah kenduri nnt kami dtg!Sapekah jejaka yg bertuah itu eh?? to Raudhah, korang jgn lupa upload gambar selin bebyk ok.Fren's function, open houses, weekend outings - well that are amongst the things that i need to sacrifice for the next 1.8 yrs...not to mention the time i used to have with B and idlan. I just pray for the time to fly as fast as it could be and persevere till the end...bayangkan konvo anda yeye!!!3] Good news, we heard that finally the CF is out, and now all of us is waiting for the final notice of bank payment before the developer is ready to hand out the key :) So the searching and surverying activities shall resume within this short period yess lah!

20 October 2006

Traffic is much clear this morning, i guess people has started leaving Kuala Lumpur and heading back to their hometown. Myself still working, and tomorrow confirm a few of us have to standby to man the center. Last nite i've finished baking all the biscuits as planned. All already divided into 3 portions, i.e for mak kat kg, mak kl and ourself. So tonight i can start packing in peace and back to my normal sleeping pattern....i miss my 7-8 hours sleeping time! Tomorrow we'll break our fast at my mom's house, well my brother is coming back fr KK tomorrow, so it'll be a great time to gather and meet up with everybody before blk kg. Plus i cant wait to show my final piece of work to my mom hehe...the choc cheese cookies that i baked last nite, the recipe looks easy peasy but now i can conclude that would be the very first and the last. sangat leceh dan renyah!

So to all my dear frens out there, those whom i've met face to face, those that only knows me thru blog or chatting, or those yg mmg dah kenal,Salam Aidilfitri and Maaf zahir Batin from the 3 of us. May u all have a safe journey to ur hometown. Drive safely n take care. Raya jemput dtg ke rumah, tapi takde special open house ok :)We'll be in Junjung until 3rd hari raya and back to KL on the 4th.

11 October 2006

Thanks to Pediasure (i guess), Idlan's weight has finally increased to 11.8kg yesterday, that after a stagnant 10kg reading for the last 8-9 months :)He has finished 5 tins in total, and now he's back to lactogen, until mama and abah shops for our provision at carefourre next week.Like Aisya and Fawwaz, it looks like the haze has affected idlan as well. He puked after a series of cough since Monday while sleeping, and today he's getting better after a few dose of ventolin and clarytine. Hope we all get well soon and the Indonesia government will be more proactive in coping with the issue, rather than just sitting down and praying for the rain to downpour the earth.Yesterday we had asam pedas ikan pari yg lazat, thanks to umi for the daun kesum, if not i dont think the taste will be as ummphh as it should be :)And i got my hubby to buy a piece of cream caramel at bazar ramadhan (kes teringin la ni), and it costed me RM1.50! Mahal seh...and kurang telur plak tuh huhuhuIdlan is so into carrots and potato lately. I prepared chicken soup for the past few days and he chose to eat only carrots and potato. And like Iman, he can ratah the un-cooked tomato religiously mcm tomato tu sedap giler! (thanx k.tie for the photo, kalo idak sure sy tak tahu idlan suke tomato hehe)

Finally the tiring weekend is over and i can expect the same thing for the forthcoming one.Overall the class is OK, much better than UPM ( no offend to the upm students ok :p) to be exact. Classmates all are ok, the lecturer is good and knowledgeable, and we all can understand better with lots of real life examples given when she explained on a particular theory.My first subject is OB - Organisational Behaviour. Its a management subject btw, and i never took it before during my degree. The not so good thing about it is it involves lots of theory, hence requires lots of memorization and application. My first class was bad (it was a straight five-hour class), blame it to my migraine and drowsiness (stay up buat biskut the nite before), i couldnt concentrate and my mind wandered around and at times i did sleep while joting down my notes. But guess what, im amazed with the rest of the class, no one shows any sleepy sign except myself! Second day i was all awake, and the rest of the hours went well and smooth. We did handovered our first group case study, i didnt put much hope to score, we were quite blur but belasah n hentam sajelah labu!Majority of the class consists of managers, some are project managers for IT co, some are managers from TM, and me, being the youngest of all, obviously im the one having less experience compared to them. One of my groupmate is a lawyer with 2 kids, another one is also a proj manager. The class is very proactive and we were having two-way communications most of the time. Myself...am still coping....am still not giving up my best, perhaps it was because my brain has had a good 4 years rest all this while. Well, my exam is scheduled on 11th nov, another group case study is to be submitted on 4th nov, individual work paper to be submitted on the 5th, plus a presentation. And the next semester will begin on the 18th....cepat betul habis kan hehehhe bagus bagus!We got a food packed every saturday, thanx to Rezzen (even tho that already includes inside the fees).When i reached home, the moment Idlan saw my face, he screamed himself all aloud saying "MAMA MAMA MAMA MAMA" non stop! Adus sedeynyer mama...anak mama miss mama so much eh :) I asked my mum how he's behaving throughout the day, and my mum said he kept on asking mama mama mama? maybe about 10x in a day...and when my mum answered "mama go to work" , he'll forget and play again like usual. Good boy!

05 October 2006

Today is already 12th Ramadhan, and i've been off for 5 days already. Nightime was spend baking and baking and baking. My oven starts working immediately after the little guy of the house dozes off to sleep. And it usually ends after 5-6 hours of baking per session. So just imagine how many hours on average i can sleep throughout the nite huhu. Lucky i didnt become a zombie at the office :)Baking is fun, but using a small oven definitely is a mistake. I didnt expect to receive orders as much as i get now but thanks to you guys, my small business has actually materialized :) Thinking of next year, well i must get a bigger oven should the business is to be continued. But i dont know, with loads of assignments, presentations, etc etc, do i still have ample time for baking? even if i squeeze my schedule here n there i dont think i can manage to do that, plus what if we decide to get adik for Idlan? haha ntahler! My class officially starts on this coming Saturday, after the registration. I feel so cuak, cuak for i dont know anybody inside the class, cuak of thinking what if i've lost the skills of doing assignments/presentations, cuak if i get groupmates that cant cooperate and unmanaged, kesimpulannyer i am cuak with everything! On top of that, I've already got myself 2 pieces of exercise book, a cheap one with paper cover hehe...and that's it. And ohh the money for registration, well am going to the bank tomorrow to withdraw some amount for it. The scholar result is still pending for approval, but alhamdulillah my name is in the list. So harap-harap they wont be cutting my name off the list last minute.I am going back to school............walalalla!p/s: yesterday first time in life i made ikan cencaru goreng belah belakang (cilok resepi ummimon) for our bukak puasa. It was super yummy! And today we'll be having daging black pepper with mushroom sauce...nyum nyummm

29 September 2006

Since a few friends also request for this recipe (apart fr those who 'meeboed' me), am posting it here again so check it out.Steam Bread Pudding yg sempoi!4-5 slices gardenia - any other brand can also do1/2 cup susu cair1/2 cup water2 eggs - medium sized1tsp vanilla essence1/3 cup sugar - to make the caramelThe action:(use big bowl ok)Beat eggs and sugar till kembang ( i only use fork, not the mixer).Drop the vanilla essenceAdd susu cair and water. Stir till well mixed all the ingredients.Cerai-ceraikan roti and add into the bowl, tekan-tekan roti till it mixes well and soaked in the mixture.Finally, bring to a slow heat 6-7 table spoons of sugar (put inside the mould), let it melt till the colour turns brown, off the heat and let it cool.Tuang your bread mixture inside the mould, cover with aluminium foil, and steam to a medium heat for 25-30 minutes.-you can also opt to bake if u like!-if you wanna have thick pudding, add in more bread, susu, water & sugar and adjust it to your instinct :)- can add raisin, almond or segala tok nenek as u wish too (pruzz suke plain pudding jer)

28 September 2006

I can imagine the frustration of Menara T* community whenever they come down to the parking lot at 5pm, hurrying board the car, put on the right gear, pijak peddle, and hey the car is moving like bumper to bumper and as your car gets outside the parking lot, another traffic is waiting. That's normal during the month of Ramadhan. I'd experienced that years ago, when i was in Menara. I even experienced broke my fast with sweets only inside the car, but no blame to the traffic, it was me who had to stayback to do financial closing (FMA story, takyahla flashback nanti sedey hehe)Now things change. Am now in Cyberjaya, a heaven place with no traffic jem whatsoever. Punch out at 5pm and i'll be home at 530pm. Traffic flow is normal, no headache, no shouting, no lawan-lawan hon dgn keta lain, etc. That's another reason why am so determined to cook for our breakfasting instead of hanging around at bazar ramadhan to search for lauk ( the main reason spt biasa we're on kempen berjimat cermat hehe). Last yr we bought lauk at bazar, and i can still remember a piece of chicken costs you RM3, a piece of simple ikan goreng also sold at RM3 (kalau rasa sedap sgt takpe ok, ni biasa jer). Sayur i cant remember, but still mahal rasanyer. Mee goreng, mihun goreng, nasi ayam, beriani ....the price was still considered ok and worth buying. Oh btw yesterday we didnt wake up for sahur, hence bazar was the choice. Today im back to the track, and we'll be having paprik ayam+sotong+udang+vege plus bread pudding this evening. The pudding was prepared at 3am in the morning! not that am too rajin ppl, i just couldnt sleep after feeding idlan at 230am, hence resulted me going to the kitchen and do something :p I sleep back at 620 and only woke up at 730am, had a quick shower and off to office. Sian idlan tak sempat masak food dia sori sayang!Happy working ppl!

26 September 2006

I can feel my blood running upstairs rite now. Dealing with customers is not that easy, hence when we were sent for training, we see the word “difficult customer”. Why such term exist? It’s because that kind of customer did exist. And they create hassle and so much trouble till you feel like shouting and slamming down the phone but hey, customer is the KING. Can you shout at them? NO you can’t. You must maintain the tone of your voice, lower it to the max even if deep down inside you feel like bloating.

That is customer. Full stop.

But what if the internal person in my company itself that brought the trouble? What if the person refused to co-operate or troubleshoot outage received from customer, claiming that our network is perfect when in fact it is not? I just hate dealing with these types of ppl, who thinks they are so good considering they’ve worked for the co for years. People who think they know ALL.

24 August 2006

Answering to ummimon's question, am still here. Everything's fine, except works pilling up not as usual :p(in other words, jadik busy bee kejaps hehe)Idlan still wakes up at nite, min 2x..max could go up to 4 times. We found ourselves getting immune to that already. Ever since he borned until now, he never failed to wake up, except once, but it was only for a few days. Then the routine continues. He eats porridge around 630-730pm, and usually sleeps at 8-830pm. So early isnt it? and oh he takes 70z of milk before doze off to sleep. Am lucky that we takes turn to prepare milk (thanks sayang!). As for me, once i wake up at nite, it'll takes time for me to get back to sleep. Hence sometimes you find me performs solat isyak at 2am, or turn on the washing machine at 330am, folds the clothes, or washing the dish, also around that time. The result, i become laloks at the office. Tapi kejap je, after getting the tune i am 100% READY for work again :pIdlan's nearing 21mo soon. His interest in books and animals grows bigger. We actually quite amaze to find him never gets bored to ask us to keep on repeating and reading the same old story in a day. His first book is The Ugly Duckling, and until now he remembers each character inside the book. Now is Pinocchio time...esok lusa kena cari buku lain (kitorang yg dah bosan sebenarnyer ulang2 benda yg sama hehe). He becomes extra manja nowadays, dunno why. Not defensive of himself, hence leaving him got bitten twice by the same 1 yo kid and left bekas until now...pity him. Am not sure how to teach him to become more aggressive, defensive and the likes...he's just too delicate huhu. Our house, well we still do not know exactly when we can move in. Pending with CF. Hopes by the end of the yr bolehlah masuk. Okla hv to get back to work..till then!

10 August 2006

(suppose to be yesterday's entry tapi blogger slow yg amat semlm)Finally im back to office. But suprisingly this time it wasnt that hard to wake up early and resume the daily chores as before. Its been four days since i last prepared idlan's porridge, and this morning it feels good to cook for him again (after 4 consecutive days we fed him with bubur ayam mc D ehhehe)! The trip? hmm it wasnt that good in the beginning, felt very upset and tired, just too tired to handle idlan's God-only-knows-why tantrums. Be it at the airport, before we depart, inside the plane, after landed at kk...god im just too tired till i felt like staying at hotel and sleep throughout the day doing nothing. He refused to walk, refused to sit, the only thing he wants is for mama to carry him all the time. No gilir-gilir with tok, tok wan, mak ude or even his abah! He behaves nicely inside the hotel room, jumping and running here n there, but the moment we stepped out of the room, dunno what happen all he wants is dukung dukung and dukung! My body ached all over, my pinggang and belakang running flat, at times i did put him down, left him crying and ignore him...but you know ppl might be staring at me saying what a bad mama i am (hoho) so basically i got no choice, still have to carry him around...:(

DAY 1We stayed at Zaharah Hotel Apartment, same place with Promenade, but under different management. The best thing is, we get cheaper price than promenade. The room is ok, equipped with kitchen cab some more (kekonon nak masak seafood tp tak larat pon :p), its just the toilet tiles looks a bit old and usang. Arrived KK around 1245, headed straight to hotel, had Mc D as our lunch and rest. Evening came, we went for a stroll near the sea/waterfront, had a quick peek inside the center point and went back empty handed. Dinner time we had tosei and fried mee at mamak stall nearby. The tosei, together with its dhal and curry seriously finger licking good heheDAY 2KK time is one hr earlier than KL, so there at 6am is already terang benderang. We took heavy breakfast i.e nasi lemak that morning, and our journey to kundasang begins as early as 830am. Lucky we made a wise decision to engage local ppl, to be specific En Shamsul as our tour guide. If not i dont think we manage to get to kundasang on time. Before that we stopped at UMS and masjid terapung to enjoy the beautiful scenery and taking pics. Arrived at kinabalu park around 12++. Saw some ppl including mat salleh with their 'tongkat hikmat', assuming they just came down from their mission of conquering the mount kk. Weather is extremely cold, with the strong wind blows sehingga mencucuk2 tulang. Taking pics is a must, but quite disappointing for we couldnt see the peak clearly due to bad weather. From there we went down to Ranau town for lunch, before checked in at TM Resort Kundasang. After lepak-lepak and having enough rest, called En Shamsul to pick us up for a visit to Pot Spring. Such a serene and tranquil place, with trees everywhere, and yes it also has jambatan gantung but not that scary to cross over :) The pot spring is different from Kolam Air Panas in Baling, Kedah where it has many small and separate hot ponds available for visitors to rendam their kaki inside. But we didnt try any, malas nak tukar2 baju plus its getting dark at that time. After taking pics (as usual), moved to several souvenir stalls outside, MIL bought some pearl bracelets. On our back to resort, stopped by at a night market in Ranau, hubby tried their nasi kuning/kunyit, and we took away KFC as dinner.Night time, i had difficulty to sleep, due to the sounds of heavy wind blowing outside. The sound....huhuh so scary, cam bunyi org pompuan wailing camner ntah cam hantu hehe. But at last tertido jugak tu pon penat paksa diri :) And oh we were so unfortunate, water heater at the resort went kaput, and the water is no way like the normal water, its as cold as an ice. Amik air semayang terketar-ketar ggrrrgrgrgrgrrrDAY 3Early in the morning, managed to get a sight of mount kk's peak even tho its been surrounded by heavy mist. Starts the day by going to town to get some vege and fruits sold nearby the roadside. And thanx so much to B and mak for the flowers (celebrated my besday in Sabah this year hehe). Flowers are cheaper than cameron, so as the vege. Next En Shamsul brought us to shops selling local crafts, which is at Pekan Nabalu. There we got very good deal, and thanx to our Mr Bargain i.e my hubby...he's really good in doing that! We bought kain pua, kayu to hang the kain, frigde magnet and t-shirts. Our next destination is Kota Belud, to visit ayah's long time college friend. Been served scrumptious and wide array of lauk pauk including telur penyu (of which i dare not try hehe). Arrived back in KK town around 2++ and we straight away went to the phillipines market. Shopping sakan there (mak la...myself shopping biasa2 jer), again mr bargain managed to get us brooch, kain pua, bracelet and many more at such a good price. Habis shopping, back to Zaharah hotel to check in and sleep.Evening came, we initially planned to go and have seafood dinner at Gayang or Tg Aru beach but the weather didnt permit us to do so. Heavy rain plus ribut sket2, due to ribut in phillipines if we were not mistaken. Hence we just had fried chicken rice from another mamak stall nearby the hotel.

DAY 4Still rain in the morning, but that didnt stop us to go and had our last min shopping at phillipines market. Get another few sets of brooch, bracelet, etc...balik hotel packing and off to airport around 1230. Arrived KL nearly 5pm, stopped at masjid dengkil to perform our solat, and menjamu perut at Malee, the ever famous spot for tomyam (sape taknah try tomyam malee, silalah pegi, dijamin sedap gilers). Ok tu la saje citer trip kali ni...got no time to describe in details. Pics will be uploaded later.

04 August 2006

1] My little tiny note book done progressively well so far, i've practically never miss to put every single things i've spent since the beginning of week. And doing this way i can see the expenses are much more controlled than before :))2] Idlan has recovered from the fever alhamdulillah. Hope he's stable and ok for the trip.3] We still havent pack for the trip, thanx to the laziness. Must drag myself to start packing tonite else we might miss out something... as usual :p 4]To go to pasar mlm this evening to get some chicken, meat and vege. Not that i've become extra rajin this week but my mil,fil and sil are coming tomorrow, surely i must prepare something right?5]To bake the chocolate cake using home-made flour mix given by my aunt long long ago (say 4-5 months back) before it reaches the expiry date :p6] To clean and kemas all the guest rooms, can hardly remember when did the last time we cleaned up the rooms ...sigh*7] To book a car for our trip to kundasang. A Wira already costs you about RM120, that is the cheapest i can get so far, so expensive isnt it?8] To adjust myself for a more proper meal time, especially breakfast. And to make it compulsory to have a cup of milo/hot drink in between lunch and tea time.

27 July 2006

Things are pretty hectic in the center. With the conflict amongst the staff, with the memo issue received by one of our senior sent by our 'beloved' customer accusing him/her being rude throughout their conversation, some more with the staff shortage issue that seems to getting nowhere and whats not. Huish pening pening, for god's sake the center was established in July 2004, now its been two yrs ++ already yet very little things changed. Ntahla ape nak jadi...Forget about work, my little darling at home recently loves driving us up to the wall, with his crying-for-no-reason till vomitting, with his temper, with his lack of interest on any foods, with his sudden poor bowel movement ..memacam lagilah. I found myself stuck of thinking what kind of food i need to prepare and pack to nursery. Everything prepared ends up being throwed into the dustbin. Lucky he still wants to eat porridge that they prepared at nursery, if not anak terunaku akan bertambah kurus lah jawabnyer :(Oh by the way i've done with shopping on his share for the upcoming raya puasa. Except for the baju melayu of which am still thinking whether to get a new one for him or not...considering he only wore the previous yr baju once, that was during pagi raya, then the baju was safely kept inside the drawer untouch (sungguh tak berbaloi isnt it?) You all might be asking, isnt it too early to shop for raya? me also think the same, but the temptation is just too strong to be resist haha. Plus the megasale banner and tag all inside our local newspaper, ads on tv and the likes. Oh how i wish my hubby could snatch my cc and hide it somewhere and acts as if he knows nothing when i ask him :) But the good part is i dont have any debit balance ok, am really a good girl rite (and i used to be an accountant once upon a time ago :p)...its just that i would be far better off if i could get rid of this habit of buying unnecessary clothes for my baby. Bad habit really ish ish. I've finished Sophie Kinsella's Confession of a Shopaholic. Superb story, that i believed does happen in reality. Pls pls just go and get the book, its highly recommended ok! Serius boley ilang tension kalo baca :p But am nobody compared to becky in the book, she really done well in shopping hehe!Cant wait for our KK trip this coming august, cepatla cuti, dah bosan keje, muak pon ader huhuhu. And yes my sil is coming back, and shes bringing back kinsella's collection...and not forgetting idlan's new shoe...argh tak sabarnya :)))Emm to ummimon@ktie, take care and we hope iman and kakak gets better soon! Idlan sends his regards to the both of them :)

03 July 2006

AG has made a new proposal to bring back the juror system to our current practice in handling court cases. Some shows their support, the others show defiance to the proposal. And myself? I guess there are points worth deep consideration before we agreed to continue such practice.

The decision to leave one's life in the hands of the laymen is such a big thing. Not only the laymen does not have adequate background and knowledge in legal matters, but that also means massive costs involve in acquiring the appropriate person to act as jurors. Being a juror, you must be impartial, must deliver verdict based on facts and not driven by emotional sentiments. Such a huge responsibility isnt it? However, appointing them will also means we can eliminate some corrupt practice amongst the professional, i.e lawyers and judges. They are outsiders, have no relation with the person being charged, hence they can view and weigh the evidence nicely, without external influence. But things definitely change if they were offered bribes. Am not sure whether the proposed system is similar like the one used in UK, whereby jurors being secluded and disallow contact with their families/anyone during the whole court trials.

Well lets just see what happen next, whatever it is i hope it'll be the best practice that can be think of, for the benefit of all. Most important thing, the convicted gets what they deserve, the innocents get free, and the trials duration being held at a much shorter period than what we're having right now.

As usual, there must be outing during weekend, if not the weekend feels incomplete :p

We made our first move to JJ Equine, well a place that was like our second home nowadays hehe. The main intention is to find a mixer, my very own mixer! ...and also a thermopot to replace our exhausting and wear-out thermos. So after extensive survey and much deliberation inside the jusco home center, we decided not to get any of it. None caught our attention. We left jusco and headed to Alamanda. It was quite surprising to see many ppl in alamanda, well we thought the numbers are reducing considering the newly-opening JJ not far away fr putrajaya. But we were wrong though. After penat berjln2, we brought home a mixer, my very own mixer finally, thanks B sayang awak! And not forgetting some groceries, and 2 ballons for Idlan. The first one costs me RM3, i bought it just to please and persuade him not to mengamuk since he was already too sleepy and exhausted. The second one was a ballon with The Incredibles printed on it. Well he is so loves with the incredibles lately, i initially haunted for the anak patung or t-shirts but none was avail, yg ada cuma ballon. That costs me another RM3.90, but i tell u, he is so sayangggg the ballon, so tak sia-sia mama beli tuh hehe. We cancelled our haunting for the thermopot, considering the fact that the power must always-on in order for the water to maintain hot. Buying that means another extra cost for our electricity, hence we'll resort to the normal one later.

26 June 2006

Idlan had his 1.5yo jab last saturday..alhamdulillah he's ok till now, no fever whatsoever. Somebody told us long ago that whenever we're about to take our kids for immunisation, must give ubat demam first before going to clinic. We took that as practice and it works with idlan..and of course with Allah's will as well. We spent a nite at Umi's on saturday, so that idlan got the chance to play and have fun to the max with pak su. Well it's going to be his last day with pak su before pak su's departure to KK for study. To adik, all the best, our pray will be with u alwayz, study smart, tk care, and we luv u, and idlan gonna miss u sooo the very much :p Not sure if idlan can still remember u when u're back for hari raya three months ahead hehe

22 June 2006

1] We went to PD for a short cuti-cuti mesia last saturday for a simple father's day celebration. More story, simply visit our fotopage The holiday was indeed superb!2] I took leave on monday, and after sending idlan to nursery, we made visits to several kitchen and bath shops, mainly for survey, but ended up buying hood+hose, 3-burner hob, and 2 remote fans. And becoz of the good bargain, we only spent less than 2k :)3] Trapped at TTC for a 2-day Internal Audit course. Met Semah and Farrah there, and managed to catch up lots of things. The course was good despite the boring and dreary environment inside the classroom, well no blaming on the trainer, it was us who didnt participate much :p 4] and guess what, yesterday i was stranded for 2.5hrs inside the car, due to the heavy rain plus flooded roads in few areas. 2.5hrs journey from ttc to seri kembangan was indeed a record, i doubt if somebody out there can ever challenge my record :p Initially i took the mrr2 route, but upon looking there was no movement, heavy crawl and long queues, i did a u-turn and took the sg besi route. Well, that also didnt help much. Sampai kat upm, again i made another u-turn after seeing cars trapped in flood. The last decision of using cyberjaya route was the prudent choice ever made on the day. Penat sungguh makcik!

08 December 2006

Two days ahead marks your second birthday. Three days after that will be mama and abah’s 3rd anniversary. With you around, mama and abah feel blessed; you make us complete. You were borned thru c-sect, thus mama didn’t have the chance to feel any pain prior your arrival. Nevertheless, mama’s confinement period was challenged, you refused to breastfeed, you woke up more than 3x on average, you hardly sleep after awake, and the most tiring part, mama had to wake up in advance, doing the pumping jobs at least 3x a night. Thank God mama had abah with me, so together the both of us went thru the sleepless night without fail. Despite the tiring, we knew the experience is irreplaceable. We grow to become a knowledgeable parent, and yes we were quite a fast learner :)

Time past very fast, and now you’ve become a big boy to mama and abah. You had once attacked with pneumonia when you were about 8 m-o. You have eczema and still not completely recovered from it. But don’t worry, mama and abah will continuously find ways to overcome it. Nevertheless, you grow up well and that already makes us satisfied.

Now that you can speak, you never fail to amuse us with your funny phrases and words, your superhero actions, your body language and many more. And mama has noticed, you were so over-protected on your mama don’t you? You will scold abah when abah does something to mama; abah pinched mama and you pinch him back. Oh I just love you! Hope you can protect your adik, hope you will take care the both of us when we get older.

Mama has to stop now. Since our house still not wired, and your birthday falls on Sunday, let mama wish u an advance Happy 2nd Birthday to my beloved Muhammad Idlan Farhan. Both mama and abah will always pray for your happiness, good health, good life, and most importantly, you must grow as a knowledgeable person, lead your life with Islam as your basis in whatever things you do. Semoga menjadi anak yang soleh, berjaya di dunia dan akhirat kelak.

07 December 2006

Things are getting pretty frenzied, but im still coping. 24hr a day seems shorter than before, but im still grateful i get enough sleep every night. Most importantly, i sometimes do feel like a superwoman, running here and there, doing this and that, and still everything falls back to its place, intact (ade nada perasan sket hehehe).My normal days are tight with office work and assignments. Weekends are jam-packed with classes, survey things for our new house, making appointments with ppl, etc. Like last sunday, from morning till afternoon i was in class, rushing back home to perform solat and had lunch, then took the two men of the house out for a few appointments, went to kamdar to get curtains, and our last destination was tesco, for dinner. Despite the clock ticked 10 already, we noticed idlan are all energized, no sign of sleepy whatsoever. I know he was happy, happy for we brought him out to shopping complex, happy for he had time to spent with the both of us (.......and happy dpt mkn chicken rice, his ferevet :p). Back home, i was flat already, but satisfied. Satisfied for being able to accomplish so many things in a day. Sbb tu perasan superwoman hahaExam is nearer, assignments are 60% done, cuma buku je tak penah bukak baca lagi huhuhu. Idlan will turn two y-o in 3 days. Im glad he is healthy, his appetite shows great improvement, his feveret are no doubt mushroom soup with garlic bread and chicken rice, he doesnt like ice cream, he eats choc but not so often, he weighs more than 12kg i think, and the outstanding one, he can pronounce his name already!"ni Iyan punyer, ni topi Iyan, chair Iyan"...etc. Even tho ade pelat sket but still im proud of him.and the most funny part......he now says"mama...mama...jom JJ!" .......repeatedly.if i asked him, where are we going? definitely his answer is JJ! looks like he's a big fan of JJ (lucky our new house dekat ngan JJ baru tuh :p) He can even spot the JJ signboard from distance...nampak gaya mama n abah dah salah ajaran.Kesimpulannya, semua shopping complex jadi JJ, be it tesco ke ikea ke ape sajelah JJ je yg ade dlm kamus dia.Hobi dia, lari laju kiri kanan dlm shopping complex & turun naik escalator...mmg mencabar keimanan kami berdua.Still obsess with mr incredibles, he watches the movie 4-5x on average per day.On another story, finally we've placed confirmation for grill and kc. The wiring men are doing their works now, and soon few other person will start doing the concrete top. We targeted to move before end of jan, hope that will materialize and the 'busy'ness that i have now will ceased slowly.oh i just love my life......:)

24 November 2006

There's so much to write yet so little time i have.... It seems that the 24hour per day i used to have before is no longer the same 24hr i have now.

Well the second class has commenced last week, it's HRM and the doc has managed to make the whole class wide awake till the end. He kept on using bombastic words, jargons we never have heard before, and the likes. And now i'm all scared for the individual assignment given. Find any HRM topics of your interest, and do write up/review on it, must relate to some dependent variables in hrm. And after doing extensive surfing and whatsnot, i'm stuck, i'm scared, i dunno what topic i like, dunno what should i write. argh bencinyer bila stuck camni!

and now the terrible headache i got since last nite getting worst, im running out of stock for ponstan, and i feel like vomitting anytime soon. Yesterday evening i drove from seri kembangan to menara tm for our group discussion and it took me 1.15 minutes to arrive. Discussion ends at 910pm, and alhamdulillah i safely arrived at home walaupun kepala tgh pening yg amat...what a tiring day.

Idlan? hoho dia ok..makin garang skang, dah pandai cekak pinggang marah abah! He is so crazy into the incredibles, tapi mmg berbaloi we bought the cd for him. At least i can play the cd so that he wont distract me at kitchen, etc. He can watch it 5-6x per day sampaikan mama can already memorize some catchy phrases of the story..mmg interesting citer tu,dan comel! He now weighs 12kg, and the paed says its within the normal range for a 24-m-o kids. We just discover he loves mc d chicken's foldover, and this week mama prepared toast bread+scrambled egg/chicken sausage+salad+tomato+mayo for his breakfast pack. Dia suker! For his upcoming birthday, i've planned some small celebration amongst the family member, in fact i've drawed out the list of menu inside my head nyeh nyehh (tak share ngan abah pon :p)....kalo boleh cake besday pon nak buat sendiri (tadi pegi bakery yen beli piping bag, semangat giler!). Tapi tgkla camner, planning awal2 ni sometimes when it comes to the day itself, ade plak halangan dan cabarannyer...tgkla nanti.

15 November 2006

Im having a very good time this week around. Exam was over, the questions were much simpler than expected (B commented "ni lagi senang dr soklan degree ni "). After the exam i rushed back home, performed solat, had lunch and abah took us to a relative's open house. Met up by bro and sil, managed to catch up lots of things with my sedara of which we last met over a year ago, stuffed the already-full stomach with a nice laksa penang. Mmg puas hati! From there we went to JJ, simply to fulfill idlan's request. Jgn memain skang dia dah pandai ckp "mama abah jom jom...JJ!" The next day was more like a get-together kronis gathering at safurah and halim's house. Jumpe ramai kroni alhamdulillah...dan spt biasa acara mkn2 dan sesi bergossipan berjln dgn jayanyer :) This week there's another call for open house...dekat je ngan umah so i'll make sure to slip in to my already tight schedule.My second module will start on this saturday, so perjuangan baru bakal bermula yeay :P The not so good thing is that idlan's nursery will be organizing a birthday bash cum concert for all the kids, also on saturday. So definitely we wont be able to turn up for the event, so unfortunate for idlan isk isk..taun lepas pon takleh attend, so as this year...sian idlan! Nanti mama and abah compensate celebrate besday idlan best2 ok!Tomorrow me and lots of my colleagues will be having interview for the scholarship application, doakan kami berjaya ok. If not i'll end up scratching my head to find the money for my mba huhuhuLast night i stayed up till 230am baking cookies for my husband's officemate. She asked hubby if she could order 4 jars of cookies from me and since i still have balance for all the ingredients needed, i decided to proceed. Rezeki dtg jangan ditolak hehe :) A few ppl did ask me but to go for commercial i would say NO for time being. Kudrat dan masa tidak mengizinkan..tunggula esok2 bila dah free sket. Skang ni ade empat title, isteri, ibu, employee, student...hoho tu dah cukup byk tu! Sehari ade 24jam je beb, tolak waktu tido lagi tinggal brape jer heheok ok enough for now, dah 4 paragraph ni dah considered major deviant ni haha....happy working peeps!

10 November 2006

1] Yesterday evening as usual after we reached home idlan will request abah to take him out, riding the motor. The motor can sometimes become our saviour, and works best to persuade and comfort idlan whenever he dissastified with something. And mama, out of the blue suddenly felt like joining the both of them. Frankly speaking mama takut naik motor hehe...penah naik 2x je seumur hidup...but yesterday was different i guess. So then i rushed upstair picked up my trouser and there we go the three of us naik motor round keliling rumah (if u see a young lady wearing a brown kebaya on top and a maroon trouser, that was ME hehe!) We had a good time, i was indeed! Hilang perasaan takut sumer2 tuh. No wonder idlan enjoys every bits and seconds he had with abah all these days :) Ptg ni abah bawak kita naik motor lagi ok!2] The long awaited moment finally arrived and we gonna get our house key very near soon. That is the good part of it, the not-so-good part is that we have to pay the late interest payment (blame it to the bank/lawyer/developer) amouting nearly to 1k. Hampes sungguh! Its frustrating when you as the consumers are not able to identify the loopholes and the cause of the delay and ends up you have to pay for it. We did our best asking, investigating, seeking and digging whatever info we had on hands and cross-check those things with our lawyers, bank and developer but obviously everyone was trying to protect and act for their best interest and kita consumer ni la yg tanggung hampeh! Our last resort, is to prepare an appeal letter to reduce the amount of interest charged. 3] Ptg ni aku akan raya insya allah....dan esok ade exam OB...so kiranyer esok macam hari kemenangan buat aku :) Bye bye OB. Ptg esok kena celebrate ngan choc indulge nyeh nyehh4] We got two acara makan2 this sunday, one at safurah's house for Raudhah gathering, another is my ofismate house in semenyih. I'll bake vanilla muffin on saturday's nite, take some for the gathering and give some to my parents. arghh cant wait for the weekend!

07 November 2006

I think i have fall in love with OB. Its very interesting when you get to know and learn how certain behaviours impact the employee's performance as well as satisfaction they get from the jobs. It got more interesting when you actually studied your own behaviour, how u perform and react to the surroundings of your work environment. And another simple concept I'd like to emphasize here, deviant work behaviour (DWB). When the lecturer asked us, did any of you guys ever engaged in this kind of behaviour? None of us wants to admit that. But when the lecturer listed out sample of the behaviours that are considered deviant, haa barula kena kat muka memasing!- amik pen ofis bwk balik umah- guna kertas A4 ofis print for personal use- tumpang print assignment (guna paper and ink office nih!)- surf internet- guna email for personal use- chatting.....................now dah faham tak what it means by deviant work behaviour? im so sure nobody can ever refrain themselves from engaging in this type of activity...at least mesti penah buat punyer sekali seumur hidup time bekerja right!p/s: i took the text book pic so as to reminiscence in future that...ohh aku penah amik subject ni dulu hehe...Im gonna engage myself with the book for this whole week and then comfortably say tata to OB :)

06 November 2006

Yesterday's presentation marks the end of my class for this semester. The presentation was ok, though it was not one of my best :p I asked for a permission to go out early before the class ended, merely to attend Selin's jamuan mkn2 cum engagement ceremony. To Selin, tahniah dan slamat menjadi tunangan orang!Balik rumah, semua dah flat...terus tido depan tv. I took the opportunity to cover up my last night not-enuff-sleep due to the last minute touch up/adding up more points for assignment+prepare for my presentation.Lucky i didnt look like a zombie in the class :)Night came, we had a simple but very fun outing at uncle ronald. Click here for more pics.

03 November 2006

1] We just had our division jamuan Hari Raya and the line up is way much better than what we expect, ending everybody up with sleepiness when we get back to our desks. We had laksa johor, nasi beriyani with ayam and kambing, lontong, sate, nasi impit, otak-otak, lemang and super delicious rendang...not to forget fruits and cookies for dessert. Byk giler kan? I can also tapau some of the food for hubby and idlan nyeh nyehh...mmg berbaloi dgn duit yg dihulur :p2] To Selin, Selamat Bertunang! Sori we cant make it but insya Allah kenduri nnt kami dtg!Sapekah jejaka yg bertuah itu eh?? to Raudhah, korang jgn lupa upload gambar selin bebyk ok.Fren's function, open houses, weekend outings - well that are amongst the things that i need to sacrifice for the next 1.8 yrs...not to mention the time i used to have with B and idlan. I just pray for the time to fly as fast as it could be and persevere till the end...bayangkan konvo anda yeye!!!3] Good news, we heard that finally the CF is out, and now all of us is waiting for the final notice of bank payment before the developer is ready to hand out the key :) So the searching and surverying activities shall resume within this short period yess lah!

20 October 2006

Traffic is much clear this morning, i guess people has started leaving Kuala Lumpur and heading back to their hometown. Myself still working, and tomorrow confirm a few of us have to standby to man the center. Last nite i've finished baking all the biscuits as planned. All already divided into 3 portions, i.e for mak kat kg, mak kl and ourself. So tonight i can start packing in peace and back to my normal sleeping pattern....i miss my 7-8 hours sleeping time! Tomorrow we'll break our fast at my mom's house, well my brother is coming back fr KK tomorrow, so it'll be a great time to gather and meet up with everybody before blk kg. Plus i cant wait to show my final piece of work to my mom hehe...the choc cheese cookies that i baked last nite, the recipe looks easy peasy but now i can conclude that would be the very first and the last. sangat leceh dan renyah!

So to all my dear frens out there, those whom i've met face to face, those that only knows me thru blog or chatting, or those yg mmg dah kenal,Salam Aidilfitri and Maaf zahir Batin from the 3 of us. May u all have a safe journey to ur hometown. Drive safely n take care. Raya jemput dtg ke rumah, tapi takde special open house ok :)We'll be in Junjung until 3rd hari raya and back to KL on the 4th.

11 October 2006

Thanks to Pediasure (i guess), Idlan's weight has finally increased to 11.8kg yesterday, that after a stagnant 10kg reading for the last 8-9 months :)He has finished 5 tins in total, and now he's back to lactogen, until mama and abah shops for our provision at carefourre next week.Like Aisya and Fawwaz, it looks like the haze has affected idlan as well. He puked after a series of cough since Monday while sleeping, and today he's getting better after a few dose of ventolin and clarytine. Hope we all get well soon and the Indonesia government will be more proactive in coping with the issue, rather than just sitting down and praying for the rain to downpour the earth.Yesterday we had asam pedas ikan pari yg lazat, thanks to umi for the daun kesum, if not i dont think the taste will be as ummphh as it should be :)And i got my hubby to buy a piece of cream caramel at bazar ramadhan (kes teringin la ni), and it costed me RM1.50! Mahal seh...and kurang telur plak tuh huhuhuIdlan is so into carrots and potato lately. I prepared chicken soup for the past few days and he chose to eat only carrots and potato. And like Iman, he can ratah the un-cooked tomato religiously mcm tomato tu sedap giler! (thanx k.tie for the photo, kalo idak sure sy tak tahu idlan suke tomato hehe)

Finally the tiring weekend is over and i can expect the same thing for the forthcoming one.Overall the class is OK, much better than UPM ( no offend to the upm students ok :p) to be exact. Classmates all are ok, the lecturer is good and knowledgeable, and we all can understand better with lots of real life examples given when she explained on a particular theory.My first subject is OB - Organisational Behaviour. Its a management subject btw, and i never took it before during my degree. The not so good thing about it is it involves lots of theory, hence requires lots of memorization and application. My first class was bad (it was a straight five-hour class), blame it to my migraine and drowsiness (stay up buat biskut the nite before), i couldnt concentrate and my mind wandered around and at times i did sleep while joting down my notes. But guess what, im amazed with the rest of the class, no one shows any sleepy sign except myself! Second day i was all awake, and the rest of the hours went well and smooth. We did handovered our first group case study, i didnt put much hope to score, we were quite blur but belasah n hentam sajelah labu!Majority of the class consists of managers, some are project managers for IT co, some are managers from TM, and me, being the youngest of all, obviously im the one having less experience compared to them. One of my groupmate is a lawyer with 2 kids, another one is also a proj manager. The class is very proactive and we were having two-way communications most of the time. Myself...am still coping....am still not giving up my best, perhaps it was because my brain has had a good 4 years rest all this while. Well, my exam is scheduled on 11th nov, another group case study is to be submitted on 4th nov, individual work paper to be submitted on the 5th, plus a presentation. And the next semester will begin on the 18th....cepat betul habis kan hehehhe bagus bagus!We got a food packed every saturday, thanx to Rezzen (even tho that already includes inside the fees).When i reached home, the moment Idlan saw my face, he screamed himself all aloud saying "MAMA MAMA MAMA MAMA" non stop! Adus sedeynyer mama...anak mama miss mama so much eh :) I asked my mum how he's behaving throughout the day, and my mum said he kept on asking mama mama mama? maybe about 10x in a day...and when my mum answered "mama go to work" , he'll forget and play again like usual. Good boy!

05 October 2006

Today is already 12th Ramadhan, and i've been off for 5 days already. Nightime was spend baking and baking and baking. My oven starts working immediately after the little guy of the house dozes off to sleep. And it usually ends after 5-6 hours of baking per session. So just imagine how many hours on average i can sleep throughout the nite huhu. Lucky i didnt become a zombie at the office :)Baking is fun, but using a small oven definitely is a mistake. I didnt expect to receive orders as much as i get now but thanks to you guys, my small business has actually materialized :) Thinking of next year, well i must get a bigger oven should the business is to be continued. But i dont know, with loads of assignments, presentations, etc etc, do i still have ample time for baking? even if i squeeze my schedule here n there i dont think i can manage to do that, plus what if we decide to get adik for Idlan? haha ntahler! My class officially starts on this coming Saturday, after the registration. I feel so cuak, cuak for i dont know anybody inside the class, cuak of thinking what if i've lost the skills of doing assignments/presentations, cuak if i get groupmates that cant cooperate and unmanaged, kesimpulannyer i am cuak with everything! On top of that, I've already got myself 2 pieces of exercise book, a cheap one with paper cover hehe...and that's it. And ohh the money for registration, well am going to the bank tomorrow to withdraw some amount for it. The scholar result is still pending for approval, but alhamdulillah my name is in the list. So harap-harap they wont be cutting my name off the list last minute.I am going back to school............walalalla!p/s: yesterday first time in life i made ikan cencaru goreng belah belakang (cilok resepi ummimon) for our bukak puasa. It was super yummy! And today we'll be having daging black pepper with mushroom sauce...nyum nyummm

29 September 2006

Since a few friends also request for this recipe (apart fr those who 'meeboed' me), am posting it here again so check it out.Steam Bread Pudding yg sempoi!4-5 slices gardenia - any other brand can also do1/2 cup susu cair1/2 cup water2 eggs - medium sized1tsp vanilla essence1/3 cup sugar - to make the caramelThe action:(use big bowl ok)Beat eggs and sugar till kembang ( i only use fork, not the mixer).Drop the vanilla essenceAdd susu cair and water. Stir till well mixed all the ingredients.Cerai-ceraikan roti and add into the bowl, tekan-tekan roti till it mixes well and soaked in the mixture.Finally, bring to a slow heat 6-7 table spoons of sugar (put inside the mould), let it melt till the colour turns brown, off the heat and let it cool.Tuang your bread mixture inside the mould, cover with aluminium foil, and steam to a medium heat for 25-30 minutes.-you can also opt to bake if u like!-if you wanna have thick pudding, add in more bread, susu, water & sugar and adjust it to your instinct :)- can add raisin, almond or segala tok nenek as u wish too (pruzz suke plain pudding jer)

28 September 2006

I can imagine the frustration of Menara T* community whenever they come down to the parking lot at 5pm, hurrying board the car, put on the right gear, pijak peddle, and hey the car is moving like bumper to bumper and as your car gets outside the parking lot, another traffic is waiting. That's normal during the month of Ramadhan. I'd experienced that years ago, when i was in Menara. I even experienced broke my fast with sweets only inside the car, but no blame to the traffic, it was me who had to stayback to do financial closing (FMA story, takyahla flashback nanti sedey hehe)Now things change. Am now in Cyberjaya, a heaven place with no traffic jem whatsoever. Punch out at 5pm and i'll be home at 530pm. Traffic flow is normal, no headache, no shouting, no lawan-lawan hon dgn keta lain, etc. That's another reason why am so determined to cook for our breakfasting instead of hanging around at bazar ramadhan to search for lauk ( the main reason spt biasa we're on kempen berjimat cermat hehe). Last yr we bought lauk at bazar, and i can still remember a piece of chicken costs you RM3, a piece of simple ikan goreng also sold at RM3 (kalau rasa sedap sgt takpe ok, ni biasa jer). Sayur i cant remember, but still mahal rasanyer. Mee goreng, mihun goreng, nasi ayam, beriani ....the price was still considered ok and worth buying. Oh btw yesterday we didnt wake up for sahur, hence bazar was the choice. Today im back to the track, and we'll be having paprik ayam+sotong+udang+vege plus bread pudding this evening. The pudding was prepared at 3am in the morning! not that am too rajin ppl, i just couldnt sleep after feeding idlan at 230am, hence resulted me going to the kitchen and do something :p I sleep back at 620 and only woke up at 730am, had a quick shower and off to office. Sian idlan tak sempat masak food dia sori sayang!Happy working ppl!

26 September 2006

I can feel my blood running upstairs rite now. Dealing with customers is not that easy, hence when we were sent for training, we see the word “difficult customer”. Why such term exist? It’s because that kind of customer did exist. And they create hassle and so much trouble till you feel like shouting and slamming down the phone but hey, customer is the KING. Can you shout at them? NO you can’t. You must maintain the tone of your voice, lower it to the max even if deep down inside you feel like bloating.

That is customer. Full stop.

But what if the internal person in my company itself that brought the trouble? What if the person refused to co-operate or troubleshoot outage received from customer, claiming that our network is perfect when in fact it is not? I just hate dealing with these types of ppl, who thinks they are so good considering they’ve worked for the co for years. People who think they know ALL.

24 August 2006

Answering to ummimon's question, am still here. Everything's fine, except works pilling up not as usual :p(in other words, jadik busy bee kejaps hehe)Idlan still wakes up at nite, min 2x..max could go up to 4 times. We found ourselves getting immune to that already. Ever since he borned until now, he never failed to wake up, except once, but it was only for a few days. Then the routine continues. He eats porridge around 630-730pm, and usually sleeps at 8-830pm. So early isnt it? and oh he takes 70z of milk before doze off to sleep. Am lucky that we takes turn to prepare milk (thanks sayang!). As for me, once i wake up at nite, it'll takes time for me to get back to sleep. Hence sometimes you find me performs solat isyak at 2am, or turn on the washing machine at 330am, folds the clothes, or washing the dish, also around that time. The result, i become laloks at the office. Tapi kejap je, after getting the tune i am 100% READY for work again :pIdlan's nearing 21mo soon. His interest in books and animals grows bigger. We actually quite amaze to find him never gets bored to ask us to keep on repeating and reading the same old story in a day. His first book is The Ugly Duckling, and until now he remembers each character inside the book. Now is Pinocchio time...esok lusa kena cari buku lain (kitorang yg dah bosan sebenarnyer ulang2 benda yg sama hehe). He becomes extra manja nowadays, dunno why. Not defensive of himself, hence leaving him got bitten twice by the same 1 yo kid and left bekas until now...pity him. Am not sure how to teach him to become more aggressive, defensive and the likes...he's just too delicate huhu. Our house, well we still do not know exactly when we can move in. Pending with CF. Hopes by the end of the yr bolehlah masuk. Okla hv to get back to work..till then!

10 August 2006

(suppose to be yesterday's entry tapi blogger slow yg amat semlm)Finally im back to office. But suprisingly this time it wasnt that hard to wake up early and resume the daily chores as before. Its been four days since i last prepared idlan's porridge, and this morning it feels good to cook for him again (after 4 consecutive days we fed him with bubur ayam mc D ehhehe)! The trip? hmm it wasnt that good in the beginning, felt very upset and tired, just too tired to handle idlan's God-only-knows-why tantrums. Be it at the airport, before we depart, inside the plane, after landed at kk...god im just too tired till i felt like staying at hotel and sleep throughout the day doing nothing. He refused to walk, refused to sit, the only thing he wants is for mama to carry him all the time. No gilir-gilir with tok, tok wan, mak ude or even his abah! He behaves nicely inside the hotel room, jumping and running here n there, but the moment we stepped out of the room, dunno what happen all he wants is dukung dukung and dukung! My body ached all over, my pinggang and belakang running flat, at times i did put him down, left him crying and ignore him...but you know ppl might be staring at me saying what a bad mama i am (hoho) so basically i got no choice, still have to carry him around...:(

DAY 1We stayed at Zaharah Hotel Apartment, same place with Promenade, but under different management. The best thing is, we get cheaper price than promenade. The room is ok, equipped with kitchen cab some more (kekonon nak masak seafood tp tak larat pon :p), its just the toilet tiles looks a bit old and usang. Arrived KK around 1245, headed straight to hotel, had Mc D as our lunch and rest. Evening came, we went for a stroll near the sea/waterfront, had a quick peek inside the center point and went back empty handed. Dinner time we had tosei and fried mee at mamak stall nearby. The tosei, together with its dhal and curry seriously finger licking good heheDAY 2KK time is one hr earlier than KL, so there at 6am is already terang benderang. We took heavy breakfast i.e nasi lemak that morning, and our journey to kundasang begins as early as 830am. Lucky we made a wise decision to engage local ppl, to be specific En Shamsul as our tour guide. If not i dont think we manage to get to kundasang on time. Before that we stopped at UMS and masjid terapung to enjoy the beautiful scenery and taking pics. Arrived at kinabalu park around 12++. Saw some ppl including mat salleh with their 'tongkat hikmat', assuming they just came down from their mission of conquering the mount kk. Weather is extremely cold, with the strong wind blows sehingga mencucuk2 tulang. Taking pics is a must, but quite disappointing for we couldnt see the peak clearly due to bad weather. From there we went down to Ranau town for lunch, before checked in at TM Resort Kundasang. After lepak-lepak and having enough rest, called En Shamsul to pick us up for a visit to Pot Spring. Such a serene and tranquil place, with trees everywhere, and yes it also has jambatan gantung but not that scary to cross over :) The pot spring is different from Kolam Air Panas in Baling, Kedah where it has many small and separate hot ponds available for visitors to rendam their kaki inside. But we didnt try any, malas nak tukar2 baju plus its getting dark at that time. After taking pics (as usual), moved to several souvenir stalls outside, MIL bought some pearl bracelets. On our back to resort, stopped by at a night market in Ranau, hubby tried their nasi kuning/kunyit, and we took away KFC as dinner.Night time, i had difficulty to sleep, due to the sounds of heavy wind blowing outside. The sound....huhuh so scary, cam bunyi org pompuan wailing camner ntah cam hantu hehe. But at last tertido jugak tu pon penat paksa diri :) And oh we were so unfortunate, water heater at the resort went kaput, and the water is no way like the normal water, its as cold as an ice. Amik air semayang terketar-ketar ggrrrgrgrgrgrrrDAY 3Early in the morning, managed to get a sight of mount kk's peak even tho its been surrounded by heavy mist. Starts the day by going to town to get some vege and fruits sold nearby the roadside. And thanx so much to B and mak for the flowers (celebrated my besday in Sabah this year hehe). Flowers are cheaper than cameron, so as the vege. Next En Shamsul brought us to shops selling local crafts, which is at Pekan Nabalu. There we got very good deal, and thanx to our Mr Bargain i.e my hubby...he's really good in doing that! We bought kain pua, kayu to hang the kain, frigde magnet and t-shirts. Our next destination is Kota Belud, to visit ayah's long time college friend. Been served scrumptious and wide array of lauk pauk including telur penyu (of which i dare not try hehe). Arrived back in KK town around 2++ and we straight away went to the phillipines market. Shopping sakan there (mak la...myself shopping biasa2 jer), again mr bargain managed to get us brooch, kain pua, bracelet and many more at such a good price. Habis shopping, back to Zaharah hotel to check in and sleep.Evening came, we initially planned to go and have seafood dinner at Gayang or Tg Aru beach but the weather didnt permit us to do so. Heavy rain plus ribut sket2, due to ribut in phillipines if we were not mistaken. Hence we just had fried chicken rice from another mamak stall nearby the hotel.

DAY 4Still rain in the morning, but that didnt stop us to go and had our last min shopping at phillipines market. Get another few sets of brooch, bracelet, etc...balik hotel packing and off to airport around 1230. Arrived KL nearly 5pm, stopped at masjid dengkil to perform our solat, and menjamu perut at Malee, the ever famous spot for tomyam (sape taknah try tomyam malee, silalah pegi, dijamin sedap gilers). Ok tu la saje citer trip kali ni...got no time to describe in details. Pics will be uploaded later.

04 August 2006

1] My little tiny note book done progressively well so far, i've practically never miss to put every single things i've spent since the beginning of week. And doing this way i can see the expenses are much more controlled than before :))2] Idlan has recovered from the fever alhamdulillah. Hope he's stable and ok for the trip.3] We still havent pack for the trip, thanx to the laziness. Must drag myself to start packing tonite else we might miss out something... as usual :p 4]To go to pasar mlm this evening to get some chicken, meat and vege. Not that i've become extra rajin this week but my mil,fil and sil are coming tomorrow, surely i must prepare something right?5]To bake the chocolate cake using home-made flour mix given by my aunt long long ago (say 4-5 months back) before it reaches the expiry date :p6] To clean and kemas all the guest rooms, can hardly remember when did the last time we cleaned up the rooms ...sigh*7] To book a car for our trip to kundasang. A Wira already costs you about RM120, that is the cheapest i can get so far, so expensive isnt it?8] To adjust myself for a more proper meal time, especially breakfast. And to make it compulsory to have a cup of milo/hot drink in between lunch and tea time.

27 July 2006

Things are pretty hectic in the center. With the conflict amongst the staff, with the memo issue received by one of our senior sent by our 'beloved' customer accusing him/her being rude throughout their conversation, some more with the staff shortage issue that seems to getting nowhere and whats not. Huish pening pening, for god's sake the center was established in July 2004, now its been two yrs ++ already yet very little things changed. Ntahla ape nak jadi...Forget about work, my little darling at home recently loves driving us up to the wall, with his crying-for-no-reason till vomitting, with his temper, with his lack of interest on any foods, with his sudden poor bowel movement ..memacam lagilah. I found myself stuck of thinking what kind of food i need to prepare and pack to nursery. Everything prepared ends up being throwed into the dustbin. Lucky he still wants to eat porridge that they prepared at nursery, if not anak terunaku akan bertambah kurus lah jawabnyer :(Oh by the way i've done with shopping on his share for the upcoming raya puasa. Except for the baju melayu of which am still thinking whether to get a new one for him or not...considering he only wore the previous yr baju once, that was during pagi raya, then the baju was safely kept inside the drawer untouch (sungguh tak berbaloi isnt it?) You all might be asking, isnt it too early to shop for raya? me also think the same, but the temptation is just too strong to be resist haha. Plus the megasale banner and tag all inside our local newspaper, ads on tv and the likes. Oh how i wish my hubby could snatch my cc and hide it somewhere and acts as if he knows nothing when i ask him :) But the good part is i dont have any debit balance ok, am really a good girl rite (and i used to be an accountant once upon a time ago :p)...its just that i would be far better off if i could get rid of this habit of buying unnecessary clothes for my baby. Bad habit really ish ish. I've finished Sophie Kinsella's Confession of a Shopaholic. Superb story, that i believed does happen in reality. Pls pls just go and get the book, its highly recommended ok! Serius boley ilang tension kalo baca :p But am nobody compared to becky in the book, she really done well in shopping hehe!Cant wait for our KK trip this coming august, cepatla cuti, dah bosan keje, muak pon ader huhuhu. And yes my sil is coming back, and shes bringing back kinsella's collection...and not forgetting idlan's new shoe...argh tak sabarnya :)))Emm to ummimon@ktie, take care and we hope iman and kakak gets better soon! Idlan sends his regards to the both of them :)

03 July 2006

AG has made a new proposal to bring back the juror system to our current practice in handling court cases. Some shows their support, the others show defiance to the proposal. And myself? I guess there are points worth deep consideration before we agreed to continue such practice.

The decision to leave one's life in the hands of the laymen is such a big thing. Not only the laymen does not have adequate background and knowledge in legal matters, but that also means massive costs involve in acquiring the appropriate person to act as jurors. Being a juror, you must be impartial, must deliver verdict based on facts and not driven by emotional sentiments. Such a huge responsibility isnt it? However, appointing them will also means we can eliminate some corrupt practice amongst the professional, i.e lawyers and judges. They are outsiders, have no relation with the person being charged, hence they can view and weigh the evidence nicely, without external influence. But things definitely change if they were offered bribes. Am not sure whether the proposed system is similar like the one used in UK, whereby jurors being secluded and disallow contact with their families/anyone during the whole court trials.

Well lets just see what happen next, whatever it is i hope it'll be the best practice that can be think of, for the benefit of all. Most important thing, the convicted gets what they deserve, the innocents get free, and the trials duration being held at a much shorter period than what we're having right now.

As usual, there must be outing during weekend, if not the weekend feels incomplete :p

We made our first move to JJ Equine, well a place that was like our second home nowadays hehe. The main intention is to find a mixer, my very own mixer! ...and also a thermopot to replace our exhausting and wear-out thermos. So after extensive survey and much deliberation inside the jusco home center, we decided not to get any of it. None caught our attention. We left jusco and headed to Alamanda. It was quite surprising to see many ppl in alamanda, well we thought the numbers are reducing considering the newly-opening JJ not far away fr putrajaya. But we were wrong though. After penat berjln2, we brought home a mixer, my very own mixer finally, thanks B sayang awak! And not forgetting some groceries, and 2 ballons for Idlan. The first one costs me RM3, i bought it just to please and persuade him not to mengamuk since he was already too sleepy and exhausted. The second one was a ballon with The Incredibles printed on it. Well he is so loves with the incredibles lately, i initially haunted for the anak patung or t-shirts but none was avail, yg ada cuma ballon. That costs me another RM3.90, but i tell u, he is so sayangggg the ballon, so tak sia-sia mama beli tuh hehe. We cancelled our haunting for the thermopot, considering the fact that the power must always-on in order for the water to maintain hot. Buying that means another extra cost for our electricity, hence we'll resort to the normal one later.

26 June 2006

Idlan had his 1.5yo jab last saturday..alhamdulillah he's ok till now, no fever whatsoever. Somebody told us long ago that whenever we're about to take our kids for immunisation, must give ubat demam first before going to clinic. We took that as practice and it works with idlan..and of course with Allah's will as well. We spent a nite at Umi's on saturday, so that idlan got the chance to play and have fun to the max with pak su. Well it's going to be his last day with pak su before pak su's departure to KK for study. To adik, all the best, our pray will be with u alwayz, study smart, tk care, and we luv u, and idlan gonna miss u sooo the very much :p Not sure if idlan can still remember u when u're back for hari raya three months ahead hehe

22 June 2006

1] We went to PD for a short cuti-cuti mesia last saturday for a simple father's day celebration. More story, simply visit our fotopage The holiday was indeed superb!2] I took leave on monday, and after sending idlan to nursery, we made visits to several kitchen and bath shops, mainly for survey, but ended up buying hood+hose, 3-burner hob, and 2 remote fans. And becoz of the good bargain, we only spent less than 2k :)3] Trapped at TTC for a 2-day Internal Audit course. Met Semah and Farrah there, and managed to catch up lots of things. The course was good despite the boring and dreary environment inside the classroom, well no blaming on the trainer, it was us who didnt participate much :p 4] and guess what, yesterday i was stranded for 2.5hrs inside the car, due to the heavy rain plus flooded roads in few areas. 2.5hrs journey from ttc to seri kembangan was indeed a record, i doubt if somebody out there can ever challenge my record :p Initially i took the mrr2 route, but upon looking there was no movement, heavy crawl and long queues, i did a u-turn and took the sg besi route. Well, that also didnt help much. Sampai kat upm, again i made another u-turn after seeing cars trapped in flood. The last decision of using cyberjaya route was the prudent choice ever made on the day. Penat sungguh makcik!